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HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayWe will need to see what comes out of the review, but we are committed to setting out a roadmap to change as a result of the review. I understand my hon. Friend’s point and note…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. That is one of many really useful suggestions that have been made today, which I undertake to feed into the review for consideration.…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. If I did not refer to that issue, it was because I was trying to respond to an intervention and it was an oversight on my part. It is…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Sarah Russell) and then take one more intervention from my hon. Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI absolutely agree. That is one of the things that I want the review to capture. A particular range of issues is specific to self-employed people. We have already heard about that…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Statutory Maternity and Paternity PayI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I gave way because I expected him to raise that issue, given that it pertains to his constituents. This is probably the most powerful…27 Oct 2025HANSARDWelfare FraudThe Government have committed to significant measures to counter welfare fraud, error and debt. This is the biggest package of such measures in recent history, and the Office for…01 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare FraudThe hon. Gentleman tempts me to encroach on what are legitimately policy questions for the Scottish Government. The policy of this Government is clear and set out in the Bill, but…01 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare FraudI very much agree with my hon. Friend. This Government are determined to bear down on tax evasion with 5,000 additional investigators. Wherever we see people ripping off the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDData Sharing: Local AuthoritiesThe Department continues to provide a broad range of data to local authorities to enable fast, accurate assessments for services, including blue badges and free school meals.…01 Sept 2025HANSARDData Sharing: Local AuthoritiesMy hon. Friend is entirely right to raise this issue. We will look at that, working closely with the Department for Education, as part of the child poverty strategy. We of course…01 Sept 2025HANSARDData Sharing: Local AuthoritiesThe hon. Gentleman will understand that we want this strategy to be for England, Wales, Scotland and, of course, Northern Ireland. He will be reassured to learn that those leading…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on the recent addition to his family. I hope he had a restful summer, although I doubt he did considering the likely lack of sleep. He is right to…01 Sept 2025HANSARDOffice for Nuclear Regulation: 2024-25 Annual Report and AccountsLater today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) annual report and accounts 2024-25. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can…17 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI absolutely accept that the Conservative party, because of its shameful record, made a fundamental change to the way in which poverty is assessed. We have returned to the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingBefore I turn to some of the rawer politics as the debate demands, I thank all hon. Members who have taken part in this important debate. Like other hon. Members, I am appalled by…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingWhat is low is scrapping the Child Poverty Act in 2016. The Conservatives’ record on child poverty is cheap and low. [ Interruption. ] The right hon. Member for Beverley and…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that there was £1 billion worth of employment support alongside those measures, the impacts of which are yet to be scored by the Office for Budget…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingLifting the cap is one of the many levers that the Government are considering. We will look at that in the round, and when we come forward with our child poverty strategy, we will…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will not at the moment. Let me come to the shadow Secretary of State, who, like many Conservative Members, was in total denial of the Conservative record, not only on child…15 Jul 2025